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I don't believe he was. He's listed as a "visiting scientist": https://www.csail.mit.edu/person/richard-stallman https://www.csail.mit.edu/person/richard-stallm
by geofft 7y ago
I don't believe he was. He's listed as a "visiting scientist": https://www.csail.mit.edu/person/richard-stallman https://www.csail.mit.edu/person/richard-stallman
I think that just means that some faculty member is sponsoring you to have building access and a login account, more or less. (And the implications of affiliation of course.)
- gumby 7y agoThe faculty members in question being Abelson and Sussman.
- whymauri 7y agoThere's some less direct symbiotic benefits too, like the LibrePlanet has been at the MIT Stata Center for a couple years (at least). These sorts of things are facilitated by his role, for sure. I hope well-meaning conferences like that don't get disrupted by his resignation.
- geofft 7y agoLibrePlanet has been at Stata through the sponsorship of SIPB, MIT's computer club, which has the ability to book rooms as a student group. Not through Stallman. (disclosure, I am an alum SIPB member.)
- whymauri 7y agoOooh, nevermind then. An attendee had told me some inaccurate information a few years ago, then. Thanks for the clarification. Glad to hear there probably(?) won't be any complication in future years.